train derailment, helicopter footage

This is footage of train BO256.BO256




derailed on Tuesday 29/01/2008 at 16.32. The derailment happened between Breeza & Werris Creek, northern NSW, Australia. The Boggabri loaded coal train was 750 meters long & had a gross weight of approx 4200 tonnes. The tenth wagon back from the locomotives, two 82 class engines, derailed taking the next eighteen wagons with it. Approx 1500 tonnes of coal was spilt. Both crew members were uninjured in the incident. Cause of derailment is yet to be determined, train was travelling at approx 70km/h. Wagons & track were extensively damaged. The clean up operations are expected to take a few days. Video was taken by helicopter JOA, a bell 206 from Precision Helicopters, which happened to be in area at the time.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• train
• derailment
• accident
• coal

[mriocehdaeerl]

your shipment of FAIL has arrived !

[allthatremains2009]

i told you kids not to be putting pennies on them tracks, now look what ya did

[MrPaintBall879]

What had happened was...

[khroe]

Yep, piled a few up there, it might buff out.

[RedArrow73]

Damn evil Capitalists!

Occupy Queensland!

[randyseck]

@ElmoBob1 lol well, there are some idiots on the web lol........

[ElmoBob1]

@randyseck yea i was joking

[randyseck]

If i where driving that train, I would make a call that went some thing like, "We have a big fucking problem. And fuck this, I delivering whats left."

[randyseck]

@ElmoBob1 With coal???

[stangsaleens7]

Damn i would be over their filling my pockets with coal, right now and selling it in the black market!

[ElmoBob1]

well now the mans field has be fertilized should grow some pretty good crops now ha

[nochjemand]

due to this crash 5000 people died... because they froze to death!